Chuck Grassley actually said...

The Supreme Court held, as you know, in Heller, that the Second Amendment includes an individual right to possess firearms.

It's always been widely understood that the Second Amendment, like the First and Fourth Amendments, codified a preexisting right.

I know the Declaration of Independence is not the law of the land, but it does express the philosophy of why we went to war.

In many respects, Ms. Kagan's career has been consumed more by politics than law, and this does worry many Americans.